Thursday, July 24, 2008

What kind of birds are these?



Close up at dusk...



On the ground, dusting and eating bugs?








We see them every evening around 6 o'clock, sometimes earlier.












This is the first time I have saw so many on the highwires.









About 6:15 most days, they will be swooping down near the ground catching insects on the fly. They have to be a kind of swallow. Their underbellies look golden as they fly in the distance and they have a bright reddish ring under their chin. The tops of their bodies are very dark, blue to black.






They have to be some kind of swallow. I have searched the web and decided they are barn swallows. They must roost in either Clayton's or Frank's barn as I do not have a building close by for them to roost in.

7 comments:

Erin said...

if you shot them they'd be dead birds.

Galla Creek said...

I think they are barn swallows.

patsy said...

they must be swallows . I can't remember seeing any.

Unknown said...

I can't tell if the breast is a bright yello-orange. Maybe this is a female barn swallow

Anonymous said...

Those are Carroll county orange breasted jail birds.Anybody ought to no that

Sister--Helen said...

they look like high wire birds to me is there a circus in town???

Sister--Helen said...

anonymous said something....could that be smartass Clayton adding 2 cents??? Maybe it was larry...could be Fleta just jerking her own chain